Question

Apply the distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor. 24+28

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24

1,2,4,7,14,28

highest one is 4

distribute among all

Answer 2

`4(6+7)`

Explanation:

The greatest factor between 24 and 28 would be 4.

You can get this answer by using multiples of each number

24: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24.

28: 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28

As you can observe, the greatest factor common to both number is 4. Now, if we apply the distributive property, it would be

`4(6+7)`

Notice that the use of distributive property here was applied "backwards", because the most use form is when we multiply the first factor with the binomial inside the parenthesis. However, when we want to extract a greatest common factor, we applied the distributive property this way.

Therefore, the answer is

`4(6+7)`